| Charles, Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried | |
| Noble Family: | House of Hesse |
| Father: | Ernest, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels |
| Mother: | Maria Eleonore of Solms-Lich |
| Spouse: | Sophie Magdalene of Salm-Reifferscheid Alexandrine Juliane of Leiningen-Dagsburg |
| Birth Place: | Rheinfels Castle, Germany |
| Death Place: | Bad Schwalbach, Germany |
Charles of Hesse-Wanfried (19 July 1649 — 3 March 1711), was a Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried. He was the second son of Landgrave Ernest of Hesse-Rheinfels and Maria Eleonore of Solms-Lich.
After an inheritance dispute about the "Rotenburg Quarter", Charles received Hesse-Eschwege in 1667. He moved to Wanfried and founded the Catholic line of Hesse-Wanfried. He used the castle in Wanfried as his residence, because the castle in Eschwege had been pledged to Brunswick-Bevern, also in 1667.
Charles's first wife was Countess Sophie Magdalene of Salm-Reifferscheidt (1649–1675), a daughter of Count Erich Adolph of Salm-Reifferscheid (1619–1673) and his wife Princess Magdalene of Hesse-Cassel (1611–1671). Sophie Magdalene died in 1675 during a trip to Venice. Charles then married Countess Alexandrine Juliane of Leiningen-Dagsburg (1651–1703), a daughter of Count Emich XIII of Leiningen and Countess Dorothea of Waldeck-Wildungen. Alexandrine Juliane was the widow of Landgrave George III of Hesse-Itter-Vöhl. She died on 19 April 1703 and was buried in the family vault in the Hülfensberg in Wanfried.
Charles died in 1711 and was succeeded as Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried by his son William II. After William's death in 1731, he was succeeded by his half-brother Christian, who died childless in 1755, thereby ending the Hessen-Wanfried line.
From his marriage to Countess Sophie Magdalene of Salm-Reifferscheidt (1649-1675):
From his marriage to Countess Alexandrine Juliane Leiningen-Dagsburg (1651-1703):